DROP VIEW
DROP VIEW
DROP VIEW - remove a view
Synopsis
DROP VIEW [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
Description
DROP VIEW
drops an existing view. To execute
this command you must be the owner of the view.
Parameters
-
IF EXISTS -
Do not throw an error if the view does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.
-
name -
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the view to remove.
-
CASCADE -
Automatically drop objects that depend on the view (such as other views), and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Section 5.15 ).
-
RESTRICT -
Refuse to drop the view if any objects depend on it. This is the default.
Examples
This command will remove the view called
kinds
:
DROP VIEW kinds;
Compatibility
This command conforms to the SQL standard, except that the standard only
allows one view to be dropped per command, and apart from the
IF EXISTS
option, which is a
PostgreSQL
extension.